Alright! Today the Global Homestead Collective proudly presents a special post all about...

Hive account@nateonsteemit!

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Now, I could fill you in on all the "normal" things about him...like how he lives in Texas and how he has a beautiful family, or how the Yeti (Hive account@freedompoint) and I almost got to meet him if I hadn't been sick! grumble grumble

But! I thought it would be so much more fun to give him an interview full of questions we would never know the answers to!

So without any further ado here are 20 questions and answers with Hive account@nateonsteemit!

1.) Would you consider yourself more of a hunter or a gatherer?

Hunter for sure. But hunters gather on their hunts for sustainability. All about balance ;)

2.) Crayola just added you to the crayon box, what color are you?

Cornflower blue. Easy.

3.) What has inspired you the most to live a self-reliant life?

Food/financial independence, philosophical consistency, projects, ecology. In that order.

4.) You've been given an elephant. You can't give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?

A.) Put it to work. Elephants are work animals, and I've got work to do. B.) COMPOST THAT POOP! C.) Probably hug it a lot. I'm an animal hugger.

5.) If you were to walk outside right now and find 1 million dollars what would you do with it?

Ooh, I've already got a plan for exactly that situation. Pay off everything for my parents, my mother in law, and my family. Then buy a big piece of property and a lot more seeds and get to work.

6.) What's your ideal climate and terrain?

Big Bend National Park. The mountain desert of Texas. At a glance it's barren, but the life that's there when you look closer is amazing. And it's a very spiritual place for me. It's easy for me to see and be with God in a place like that.

7.) What was the last gift you gave someone?

I bought my wife some rings with our kids'names on them for Christmas.

8.) How long would you say you've considered yourself to be self-reliant?

Zero days. Getting there though. Eating a meal that was produced from your yard is cool, but I'm not to the point where I can do that sustainably yet.

9.) How long have you been on Steemit?

Almost a year.

10.) How did you hear about Steemit?

I heard about steem from

Hive account@bigdeej in the trollbox chat when I first got into crypto. Shortly after that, I quit Facebook and have been putting down roots on steem since then.

11.) With price of Steem being so low, what keeps you coming back?

The people! There's so many awesome people here with so much to share. Through communities like GHSC and NatMed there's so much to learn, and one day I'm gonna be able to give back and teach folks. That's my goal. Steem may be down, but you can't keep a good community down!

12.) Who has been the most inspirational for you on this platform?

Oh gosh hahaha. That's really hard, but I'm gonna go with

Hive account@sagescrub. His innovation and work with Homesteaders Co-op is just awesome and I can't wait to see it spread to other sustainable market niches all over.

13.) Can we find your work on any other platforms?

I'm on minds.com sometime as

Hive account@nateonminds, but other than that just steem and discord. I've got a weku page as

Hive account@nate and I need to post there more often, but always forget.

14.) Have you had to make any sacrifices to get where you are today?

Sure. But in light of where I'm at, most sacrifices are inconsequential.

15.) If the GHSC were a physical location, full everything homestead and self-reliant, where would you find yourself the most?

Digging. I love soil and being in the dirt planting and building things.

16.) If you could interview anyone within the self-reliant community, on Steemit or otherwise, who would it be?

As of right now,

Hive account@bobydimitrov for someone on steem. Off steem, Geoff Lawton.

17.) If you were in charge of the GHSC mess hall for a day, what would you feed us all?

Oh goodness, there's a lot of people there! Umm, bacon and eggs is my old standby for feeding people. Melissa would make the biscuits and bacon gravy cause I'm terrible at that part lol For vegans, Melissa showed me an awesome looking avocado spinach salad the other day that I'm gonna try soon.

18.) Are there any skills you are currently trying to hone?

Yes! I'm working on this bamboo lashing stuff so I can build things out of local sustainably sourced wild materials. Part of my foray into Wildcrafting. And tree guilds.

19.) Has there been one thing in particular you've learned about yourself this past year?

How deeply I need a project. Perhaps an insecurity, but it's one that's easily harnessed to make progress. I'll deal with the insecurity once all the projects are done, so when I die. Sounds like a good plan.

20.) If you could meet any one person in the GHSC community who would it be?

That's a hard one. Probably

Hive account@mountainjewel. She's a really sharp chick and is into a lot of stuff that I'm working on learning about.

I hope you liked getting to know Hive account@nateonsteemit as much as we did!

Like always, the Global Homestead Collective is here to Unite, Educate and Encourage! Please join us on discord, and be apart of this amazing community! We couldn't do it any of this without you!

Much love,

Stacie D
Hive account@freedomtowrite